[mjp]

“Looting is a term that we typically use when people of color or urban dwellers are doing something,”

somebody did something

Collins dictionary:

looter
(luːtəʳ)
Word forms: plural looters
COUNTABLE NOUN
A looter is a person who steals things from shops or houses, for example during a war or riot.

[shooter223]

In the old days (Atilla the Hun, Ghengis Khan, etc.) looting and pillaging was how the armies got paid. Having said that, I am old enough to remember when looters were shot on sight.